SSA CRC Mandatory ELT Position Paper Posted - SRA Site

Eric Greenwell wrote:
Ken Kochanski (KK) wrote:

ELT FAQ - SSA Contest Rules Committee Mandatory ELT Position Paper
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Frequently Asked Questions.

http://sailplane-racing.org/
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Ken Kochanski
SRA Secretary

Looks good, except for this:

"Today, C91 units are no longer allowed in new installations."

My reading of the rules is this applies only to airplanes, not
gliders
(91.207 (a) (1). I'm guessing that since they don't require ELTs in
gliders, they don't care what model you use (probably just glad you
put
something in). In any case, the c91 units remain legal to use, even
in
an airplane, and I hope the RC will not prohibit their use in
contests.


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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA


Reply:
RC is changing the text of the rule to include both TSO 91 and 91a.
There was no intention to exclude and this change will correct this
point.
Thanks to Eric for bringing it to our attention.
Given that production has been to 91a since about 1985, it is pretty
likely that new insatllations will be 91a units. The economical units
fall into that catagory.
H Nixon UH
SSA Contest Rules Committee Chair

Why does the unit have to be a TSO'd type? For an experimental glider
the Filser ELT would work fine. Why not just have the rule say a
"legal ELT installation"???